Word: cementum
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Barnacles & Baboons. Dental researchers have not ignored improvements in treatment. In another NIDR study, Dr. Nathan Cardarelli has been analyzing barnacle cementum with the idea that a similar synthetic substance might provide an almost indestructible tooth filling. Dr. Robert Hoffman of the Waldemar Medical Research Foundation has demonstrated for the first time that a metal can be welded firmly to dental enamel by ultrasonic vibrations. He hopes to use that method to replace missing teeth and damaged tissues. Working toward the possibility of a "tooth bank," the NIDR Dr. Paul Baer has already nurtured teeth in the yolks of incubating...
...normal human tooth consists of a very hard outer casing, enamel where it projects beyond the gum, cementum (bone) inside the gum line; a less hard inner body of dentin (ivory); and at the core a soft pulp which contains an exquisitely sensitive nerve. Practically all dentists treat the hard enamel and dentin as though they are dead substances...
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